US Iran war ceasefire talks LIVE: The United States and Iran were set to resume top-level peace talks in Pakistan later on Sunday, Iranian media reported after a marathon that lasted nearly 15 hours, according to AFP.
US Iran War Ceasefire Talks LIVE: What Happened in the Last Few Hours?
- “The end of 15-hour marathon talks on the first day of the Iran-US talks in Islamabad,” Tasnim news agency said, while another Mehr news outlet said the next round of talks would be held after sunrise.
- Trump has declared a military victory against Iran and played down the importance of the ongoing ceasefire talks. “We’ll see what happens — maybe they’ll come to an agreement, maybe they won’t,” the president said. “It doesn’t matter. From America’s point of view, we’re going to win.”
- A spokesman for Iran’s Joint Military Command denied earlier US claims that two navy destroyers had passed through the waterway, adding that “the initiative for the passage of any vessel rests with the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” according to Iranian state media.
- In a phone interview with NewsNation, Trump confirmed that talks between the US, Iran and Pakistan had begun, although he did not know how successful they might be. Asked how the negotiations would go, Trump said: “I have no idea.”
- In his strongest words to date, Pope Leo XIV. on Saturday he denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” fueling the US-Israel war in Iran and asked political leaders to stop and negotiate peace.
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